Hooman Majd

Hooman Majd is a contributor to NBC News. He has written for many publications including the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, the New York Times, the Financial Times, and Foreign Affairs, as well as Foreign Policy. He is the author of the New York Times best-seller The Ayatollah Begs to Differ: The Paradox of Modern Iran and, most recently, The Ministry of Guidance Invites You to Not Stay: An American Family in Iran. <p> Hooman Majd, a New York- based writer, is author of The Ayatollah Begs to Differ. He advised and interpreted for two Iranian presidents, Mohammad Khatami and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, on their trips to the United States. </p>